The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 100

After school, Percival wanted to walk home together, but Vivienne shut him down hard.

She always had a lot of stuff on her mind about her mom that she wanted to talk about with Iris, and having Percival there would make it awkward.

Vivienne and Iris had already informed Dorian and Cordelia, so they picked up Thaddeus, grabbed a bite, and headed to the amusement park.

It’d been a long time, and Iris’s face seemed a lot older than Vivienne remembered, but she was still as gentle as ever.

Iris held Thaddeus and smiled at Vivienne. It reminded her of an old photo where Iris was holding her with the same gentleness.

That was her only time at an amusement park.

Vivienne was prepared for Iris to plead for the Hawthorn family.

But Iris dragged Thaddeus straight to the merry-go-round as soon as they got there and waved at Vivienne. “Come on, Vivienne, join us.”

Vivienne cracked a smile. Her beauty was like a breath of springtime sunshine.

Aside from a few rides with height restrictions, the three of them did the whole park.

In the end, Iris and Thaddeus came out of the haunted house and got all excited after seeing the Ferris wheel.

While queuing, Thaddeus wanted some ice cream. Iris turned to Vivienne. “Hold the line, Vivienne. I’ll take him to get some. We’ll be right back.”

“Sure,” Vivienne nodded.

However, they were taking forever. It was almost their turn, and there was still no sign of them.

Just as Vivienne was hesitating at the ticket gate, someone grabbed her hand from the side and dragged her onto the Ferris wheel.

She whipped around to see who it was and frowned. “Mr. Ellington, don’t you have anything better to do?”

The Ferris wheel started its slow ascent as the door closed.

Percival was a big guy. The cabin was not small, but it still felt a bit cramped to him.

the park. What are the odds that you guys are here

pointed out

to see Thomas with Isolde in the queue. The little

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and began waving

Vivienne, so she kept Isolde away from

at Vivienne, indicating that

face. As if to say, “Yeah, like I’m gonna

today because she had questions for Iris about her

Percival still followed,

girls would have fallen madly in love with him by

But she was Vivienne.

on eggshells for ten years, since she lost

nature was hard to gauge, which was a fact

found out that he

every move

him always being around her, not because she was moved by him, but to see

hiding herself. She had the

as their cabin stopped at the

looked out the window. The night sky seemed close but far away

looked down upon the amusement park lights and the

and Thaddeus returned with ice cream. They were in line with Thomas and Isolde, both kids were

fireworks lit up the entire sky. It was

was watching the fireworks, and Percival was watching

in the changing light of

After saying this, Percival found that his throat was now a bit dry. He had to fake a cough

his head, the cabin’s glass reflected the

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that even he was

she gave him a slight smile.

seem to really like it here.” Percival was

Ellington, how about we make a bet?” Vivienne’s smile

“Bet on what?”

you.” Vivienne leaned in slightly, with a hint of mischief in her smile. “If you can’t, you do something

“Anything?”

“Yep.”

up to

night sky danced in